Cutter-gage for knife-blades.



N0. 686,!l4. Patented NOV. 5, [90L E. MCKENNEY.

CUTTER GAGE FOR KNIFE BLADES.

(Application filed Mair s, 1901.;

(No Model.)

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CUTTER-GAGE FOR KNIFE-BLADES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,114, dated November5, 1901. Application filed March 5, 1901. Serial No. 49,757. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMERSON MCKENNEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of thecity of Bangor, county of Penobscot, Stateof Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutter-Gages for Knife-Blades,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cutter-gage attachment for pocket-knives,and has for its object a simple device to fasten on the blade of aknifeto gage the shaving to be out from wood or other material.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my invention fastened to the blade of a knifeand manner of using same. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof said invention.Fig. 3 is an end elevation of said invention. Fig. 4is a sectionalelevationon line m n of Fig. 2.

The following will explain the nature and use of my invention, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters representlike parts.

Said invention consists of a piece of metal a, having its base I)beveled at c and at, so that it may be used by either a right or a lefthanded person. A hole 6 is cut through a, so that the blade j of a knifemay be passed through hole 6, and said hole e is made of sufficient sizeso that said device may be placed on said blade at any angle, so thatthe end f may point toward or away from the person using this device,and said hole 6 is cut at an acute angle with base 12, so that cuttingedge of blade is always inclined or pointed toward the material 9 to becut. Member OL- is provided with a threaded hole 7?. for insertion ofbinding-screw i, by means of which said blade 3' is forced and heldfirmly in a cutting position.

To operate my invention, screwz' is loosened and blade j is passedthrough hole e and adjusted to a suitable cutting position, determinedby the quality of the substance to be cut and size of cut k to be made.Binding screw 2' is then turned, forcing and holding said blade j firmlyin place, the knife is drawn in direction of arrow, Fig. 1, and with aslight downward pressure, cutting a shaving 7c from the material g.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In combination a knife-blade a right and left cutter-gage having beveledbase 0 and cl and a hole eand binding-screw 'i substantially as and forthe purpose shown and described.

Signed by me at Bangor, Maine, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1901.

EMERSON .MCKENNEY.

